Outdoor urinal



Feb. 19, 1929.

H.E.HODG$ON OUTDOOR URINAL Filed Jan-14, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

' UNITED STATES EARRIETTE ENSLEY HODGSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

OUTDOOR URINAL.

Application filed January 14, 1928. Serial No. 246,849.

The object of the invention is to provide an acceptable urinal suitable to be placed on sidewalks and in other public places outdoors, or against walls. A need exists for numbers of such conveniences, which is not met by the occasional public lavatories in parks. The purpose of this invention is to provide a neat, sanitary urinal, sufliciently free from odor, occupying little space, and affording the maximum amount of utility for the size.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is an elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan View with a portion broken away and in section;

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section;

Fig. a is a front elevation on a smaller scale showing a modification; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.

A hollow body 2, somewhat of an urn shape and preferably circular in cross-section, is made of sanitary plumbing ware or other suitable material. The body is contracted toward the bottom, where it has a flange 3 which is engaged by a clamping ring 4 suitably bolted or anchored to the sidewalk. The opening in the lower end of the body is placed over or connected with a sewer connection 5.

The bounding wall of the body is made with an upper series of openings 6 through it into the interior space, the openings being spaced at suitable intervals around the wall, and with a lower series of openings 7 for children. The openings in each series may be located at an average height, or some may be placed higher and others lower.

At the inner sides of the openings are guards 8 integral with the wall of the body, these guards inclining downward and inward from the tops and upper portions of the sides of each opening. Also, projecting outward from the edge of the lower part of each opening, there is an integral portion of the wall forming a cup 9, of suitable size.

The body has a top 10, which can be removed, and this top is provided with apertures 11 for ventilation.

A water pipe '12 extends upward through the hollow pedestal portion of the body to a point beneath the top, where there is a spray head 13 constructed to direct its streams in all directions against the inside of the bounding wall above the openings 6. The guards 8 keep this spray from passing outward through the opening, but by reason of their restricted size do not prevent all parts of the wall from being properly flushed.

A valve 14 is provided by which the spray may be turned on and shut off, this valve having a handle projecting through a central opening in the top 10.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate an approximately semicircular form adapted to be placed against a wall, the construction being otherwise similar to the one which has been described.

It will be understood that the urinal is intended to be surrounded by a suitable screen, which it has not been thought necessary to illustrate.

I claim:

1. An outdoor urinal, comprising a hollow body contracted at the bottom, where it is secured in place and has an outlet to a sewer connection, the body having a number of openings around it through its wall into the interior, guards inclining downward from the inside of the wall above and inwardly of each opening, a top for the body having ventilating apertures, and a spray beneath the top adapted to direct its jets against the inside of the bounding wall.

2. An outdoor urinal, comprising a hollow body contracted at the bottom, where it is secured in place and has an outlet to a sewer connection, the body having a number of openings around it through its walls into the interior, guards inclining downward from the inside of the wall above and inwardly of each opening, and a spray adapted to direct its jets against the inside of the bounding wall above said openings.

HARRIETTE ENSLEY HODGSON. 

